HTC Incredible Video Out

I recently got a HTC Incredible to replace my aging LG Chocolate. One feature of the Incredible was video out. Specifically the ability to output composite video to a TV. The cable was first demoed by WireFly here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJyt463AoOA And since then threads like these have started trying to hunt down the cable. And it looks like one day it may be sold here or here. But for the time being this cable is not being sold anywhere, and there is a rumor that it may never be commercially sold....

June 3, 2010 · 3 min

Building a PXE Server

PXE is a method for booting an operating system over a network, it stands for Pre-Executable environment. Here I will show you how to build a PXE server to boot and or install operating systems over your network. Installing the server OS I made this server inside VMWare, however the steps are the same if you are using a different virtual machine server or a physical machine. I used Debian 5....

April 19, 2010 · 4 min

Switch Network Interface in Linux

This guide will tell you how to rename or switch network controller names in Linux. Often when installing Linux the installer will automatically pick the names of the network controllers. And for some reason the order it names them is almost always not the order I want them in. I usually like the primary/on-board card eth0, and all additional cards eth1-n, however the installer often has its own ideas. So this is how to correct it!...

April 8, 2010 · 2 min

SSH Tips and Tricks

Part 1 - Screen Screen is a program that can create virtual terminals inside your current session. If you are used to a tabbed web browser you can think about it as adding tabs to your terminal. And if your server allows it can allow you to disconnect sessions and keep then running in the background, even if you log out. You can install screen on Debian with apt-get by running sudo apt-get install screen and yum install screen for rpm based systems....

March 31, 2010 · 5 min

Car Aux Mod

Here is How I added a AUX inputs to my Delco Radio/CD player and a nice mount for my N810. Part 1 - Adding The AUX Input First off This worked on my Delco radio. It may work on yours, it may not. On My radio there is a nice AUX button right under the CD button. This goes to a AUX connector on the back of the unit. This is Delco AUX plug....

November 15, 2009 · 4 min

Conky

Conky is a system monitor for Linux. It can tell you almost anything your computer, such as CPU usage memory usage network information and almost anything else. Here is what my Conky configuration looks like on my desktop. To install Conky on a RPM based distribution run yum install conky Or on a Debian based distribution run sudo apt-get install conky To get yours to look like that you need to put a file named ....

November 15, 2009 · 4 min

Extract, Compile, and Install Anything in Linux

From time to time every Linux user will run across a program that does not come in a nice packaged DEB or RPM. Often in the form of a tar.gz, tgz, tar.bz, tar, gz, tar.bz2 or tbz2 format. This is how you can make use of them. Remember to have a compiler installed and any dependencies for the software you installing. Extract To uncompress your file run the following command that applies to your extension....

November 15, 2009 · 1 min

N810 USB OTG Adapter

The Nokia N810 has an OTG or On-The-Go USB controller, it allows for the device to function is both client and host mode. By default it is is client mode so when you plug it into your computer it acts as a USB storage device. It can be put into host mode by feature running a program on the tablet that will put it into host mode or use the OTG trigger....

November 13, 2008 · 2 min